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2. TAMIL NADU SLUM CLEARANCE BOARD

Tamil Nadu is one among the most urbanized

states in the country with 48.45% of the population of

the State living in urban areas. The proliferation of

slums is a phenomenon of rapid urbanization witnessed

by all developing economies. The slums are typical

centres of unsafe housing, unhygienic and insanitary

surroundings without the basic civic amenities for

healthy living such as safe roads, drinking water,

electricity, solid waste disposal, etc. The Census

department in its report for the year 2011 has assessed

that 14.63 lakh households are living in the urban slums

of Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) was

established in September, 1970 with the motto “We

shall see GOD in the smile of the poor” to provide

them liveable housing with basic infrastructure facilities

and livelihood programmes to improve their living

conditions. The Board initially implemented its activities

in Chennai and has gradually extended to other urban

areas of Tamil Nadu since 1984 in a phased manner.

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2.1. Organisational Setup

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) is

functioning under the control of the Chairman assisted

by the Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance

Board. The various programmes of TNSCB are being

implemented by three Circles in Chennai, one Circle

each at Madurai and Coimbatore and fifteen Divisions

in Chennai, two Divisions at Coimbatore and one

Division each at Madurai, Trichirappalli, Salem and

Tirunelveli. The Structural and Quality Control (SQC)

Wing looks after both Structural Designs of all the

Projects of TNSCB and Quality Checks at the field.

2.2. Policy on Slums

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board has been

implementing various programmes like In-situ

tenemental schemes, In-situ plotted and infrastructure

development, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

schemes, Community Development activities etc to

improve the environs of the slums and living standards

of the urban slum families. Following strategies are

being adopted on case to case basis to achieve the

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goal of Slum Free Cities before 2023 as envisaged in

VISION 2023 document:-

i) In-situ tenemental schemes

The slums situated on unobjectionable lands in

the core urban areas wherein equitable distribution of

space to all is not feasible are cleared and storeyed

tenements are constructed and allotted to the same

families who lived there earlier. On late, efforts have

been taken to utilize availability of higher Floor Space

Index (FSI) to create more housing stock and settle

more number of people in these tenemental schemes.

ii) In-situ plotted development and Infrastructure

Improvement – Madras Urban Development

Project (MUDP) & Tamil Nadu Urban

Development Project (TNUDP)

The urban slums suitable for in-situ development

on “as is where is” basis are provided with basic

infrastructure facilities like roads, street lights,

platforms, pavements etc. for In-situ improvement to

make the areas habitable. Later, tenurial rights are

given to the occupants of the plots for the extent of plots

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occupied by them after getting the land transferred in

favour of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board by the

Revenue department.

iii) Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme

Wherever neither tenemental nor in-situ slum

development is feasible and slums are objectionable in

nature, tenements are constructed for the families living

in these areas on the available vacant lands nearest to

the slum areas to be rehabilitated with necessary basic

and social infrastructure. These schemes are

developed as integrated townships with provision of

requisite social and basic infrastructure. The cleared

site is then restored to the land owning department for

its original use.

iv) Reconstruction of Dilapidated tenements

The tenements constructed by Tamil Nadu Slum

Clearance Board in the earlier years became

dilapidated due to wear and tear, atmospheric effects

etc., and pose danger to the lives and properties of the

occupants of the tenements. The vulnerability of these

tenements are studied by a Technical Committee and

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they are reconstructed and allotted to erstwhile

occupants.

v) Other Programmes

To ensure holistic development of the poor,

vocational training and livelihood supports are given to

the poor, specially for the youth and women to ensure

their economic upliftment. Further, to give facelift to the

tenements constructed by Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance

Board, it has been proposed to white wash and colour

wash the walls and paint the doors and windows of

these tenements along with minor repairs, wherever

necessary in order to improve the living atmosphere as

well as to increase the structural stability and life of the

buildings.

2.3. Achievements During 1970 To March, 2016

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board has so far

constructed 1.69 lakh tenements / houses and provided

developed plots to 1.31 lakh families in 504 slums

through Madras Urban Development Project (MUDP) /

Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project (TNUDP)

programmes since its inception and has invested

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Rs.4,535.37 crore to implement various capital works till

March, 2016 towards housing, slum improvement

livelihood activities, etc., of the urban slum families.

2.4. Chronological Events

1970 Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board

established

1971 Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and

Clearance) Act enacted

1971 Commenced the construction of tenements

and provided slum improvement without land

tenure in Chennai

1977 Slum Improvement land tenure in Chennai

1984 Construction of tenements and slum

improvement without land tenure and other

activities extended to other Corporations,

Municipalities in phases

1985 Implementation of massive tiled roof houses

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1987 Slum Improvement with land tenure in

Chennai and other towns.

1992 Construction of Middle Income Group (MIG) /

Low Income Group (LIG) houses under

urban renewal programme

1995 Rehabilitation and Resettlement schemes

through Finance Commission grants and

other sources

2008 Commencement of massive resettlement

schemes under JJaawwaahhaarrllaall NNeehhrruu NNaattiioonnaall

UUrrbbaann RReenneewwaall MMiissssiioonn (JNNURM)

2012 VISION 2023 - Slum Free Cities

2015 ‘Housing for All’ programme to attain Slum

Free Cities

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2.5. Achievements During 2011-2012 To 2015-2016

TNSCB has constructed 59,023 tenements /

houses and spent Rs.2,753.42 crore on the various

programmes implemented during 2011-2012 to 2015-

2016 as detailed below:-

Sl. No.

Name of the Programmes

Tenements / Houses constructed

During

Total 2011-2012 to 2014-2015

2015-2016

1 Jawarharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

33,234 6,752 39,986

2 Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project (ETRP)

6,292 -- 6,292

3 XIII Finance Commission - State Specific Grants

4,227 -- 4,227

4 Reconstruction of dilapidated tenements

554 2,964 3,518

5 Construction of new tenements under State funds

508 300 808

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Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package (RGRP) /Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme (TRP)

500 218 718

7 Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) 158 3,316 3,474

Total 45,473 13,550 59,023

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2.6. Major Ongoing Programmes to Achieve

‘Housing For All’ and Slum Free Cities

The Hon’ble Chief Minister has announced the

“Vision 2023”, a long term plan for infrastructure

development for rapid economic growth in Tamil Nadu.

This envisages, among others, the provision of houses

with basic infrastructure facilities for all urban slum

families in Tamil Nadu to make the cities / towns slum

free before 2023 at an estimated cost of Rs.65,000

crore. The programme is being implemented by utilizing

the grants from Government of India under various

programmes especially Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

(PMAY), State Government funding through budgetary

support and by availing loan by Tamil Nadu Slum

Clearance Board from various financial institutions.

(A) Centrally Shared Scheme

(i) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

The Government of India announced ‘Housing for

All-2022’ Mission during the year 2015. As part of the

Mission, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)

envisages provision of houses for all the Economically

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Weaker Sections (EWS) / Low Income Group (LIG)

families living in the statutory towns. This Mission will

support construction of houses upto 30 sq.m. with basic

civic infrastructure amenities for the Economically

Weaker Sections category and upto 60 sq.m. for the

Low Income Group category.

TNSCB has been designated as the Mission

Directorate for ‘Housing for All’ in Tamil Nadu and State

Level Nodal Agency (SLNA) for implementing housing

projects under the verticals of (i) “In-situ” Slum

Redevelopment, (ii) Affordable Housing in Partnership

and (iii) Subsidy for Beneficiary-led Individual House

Construction under ‘Housing for All’ programme.

A memorandum of agreement has been entered

between the State Government and Government of

India to implement the ‘Housing for All’ programme in

Tamil Nadu. The Government of India have approved

the implementation of ‘Housing for All’ programme in

191 towns in Tamil Nadu in phase-I. The State Level

Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC) for

this programme under the chairmanship of Chief

Secretary to Government has been constituted to

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approve the projects at State Level. This Government

has obtained sanction of grants to the tune of

Rs.510.20 crore from Government of India during

2015-2016.

Projects approved by Central Sanctioning and

Monitoring Committee (CSMC) during 2015-2016

(Rs in crore)

Sl. No.

Name of Vertical

No. of Schemes

No. of tenements / houses

Project cost

GoI Grant

GoTN Grant

Institutional Finance

Benefi-ciaries share

1

Affordable housing in

public / private partnership

(AHP Vertical - III)

19 10,228 812.66 153.42 357.61 185.55 116.08

2

Beneficiary - Led Individual

House Construction

(BLC - Vertical - IV)

21 13,785 345.93 206.78 82.71 0.00 56.45

Total 40 24,013 1,158.59 360.20 440.32 185.55 172.52

3 10,000 Green

houses in Town Panchayats

157 10,000 253.00 150.00 60.00 0.00 43.00

Grand Total 197 34,013 1,411.59 510.20 500.32 185.55 215.52

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Projects approved by Central Sanctioning and

Monitoring Committee (CSMC) during 2016-2017

(Rs in crore)

Sl. No.

Name of Vertical

No. of Schemes

No.of tenements / houses

Project cost

GoI Grant

GoTN Grant

Institutional Finance

Benefi-ciaries share

1

Affordable housing in

public / private partnership

(AHP Vertical - III)

2 1,328 109.56 19.92 27.39 51.29 10.95

2

Beneficiary - Led Individual

House Construction

(BLC - Vertical - IV)

7 3,193 95.79 47.90 19.16 0.00 28.74

Total 9 4,521 205.35 67.82 46.55 51.29 39.69

Various verticals under which Grant from

Government of India can be obtained under “Housing

for All” mission are as follows:

a) In-situ Slum Redevelopment

“In-situ” Slum Redevelopment aims at using land

as a resource with private participation for providing

houses to eligible slum dwellers. The Slums, on Central

Government land / State Government land / Urban

Local Body (ULB) land will be taken up for “In-situ”

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redevelopment for providing houses to all eligible slum

dwellers. Additional Floor Area Ratio (FAR) / Floor

Space Index (FSI) / Transferable Development Rights

(TDR) shall be provided for making slum redevelopment

projects financially viable. Slum rehabilitation grant of

Rs.1.00 lakh per house will be provided by Government

of India. The balance amount shall be shared between

the State Governmnet and the beneficiary.

b) Credit linked subsidy

Credit linked subsidy will be provided on home

loans taken by eligible urban poor (EWS / LIG) for

acquisition, construction of house. The beneficiaries

would be eligible for an interest subsidy at the rate of

6.5% for a tenure of fifteen years for the loan amount

upto Rs.6.00 lakh. The Economically Weaker Sections

(EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG) families can avail

subsidized loan amount upto Rs.6.00 lakh on

production of self certificate as proof of income to

establish that their income does not exceed Rs.6.00

lakh per annum. The repayment period of the loan is

fifteen years.

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c) Affordable Housing Projects in Partnership

To increase the availability of houses for

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), the State either

through its agencies or in private partnership can plan

affordable housing projects. Central Assistance at the

rate of Rs.1.50 lakh per EWS house would be available

for EWS houses. An affordable housing project can be

a mix of houses for different categories but it will be

eligible for central assistance only, if at least 35% of the

houses in the projects are built as EWS units and any

single project should have at least 250 houses.

To increase the availability of houses for urban

slum families living in dense slums and in other

objectionable locations, tenements having a plinth area

of 400 sq.ft. will be constructed under this component

by Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board at an average

unit cost of Rs.9.00 lakh both under Insitu and

Resettlement.

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d) Beneficiary led construction

The fourth component of the mission is assistance

to individual eligible families belonging to Economically

Weaker Section (EWS) categories to either construct

new houses or enhance existing houses on their own.

Such families may avail of Central assistance of

Rs.1.50 lakh for construction of new houses under the

mission. This component will be implemented as per

the following funding pattern:-

Sl.

No. Description

Amount in

Rupees

1. Government of India Grant 1,50,000

2. Government of Tamil Nadu

Grant 60,000

The urban slum or poor families living in kutcha

houses in or outside slums with proof of having a house

site may avail of this facility.

So far, Government of Tamil Nadu has obtained

sanction from Government of India (GoI) for

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construction of 38,534 houses / tenements at a cost of

Rs.1,616.94 crore.

iiii)) JJaawwaahhaarrllaall NNeehhrruu NNaattiioonnaall UUrrbbaann RReenneewwaall

MMiissssiioonn ((JJNNNNUURRMM))

The Government of India / Government of Tamil

Nadu have sanctioned construction of 42,318

tenements in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore at a

cost of Rs.2,393.98 crore. This programme is a

centrally shared scheme under which projects have

been implemented in the financial sharing ratio of

50:40:10 among the Central Government, State

Government and beneficiaries. However, the State is

bearing more than 70% of the total cost of completed

houses as the Government of India have specified to

bear only 50% of the originally sanctioned cost without

sharing any cost towards cost escalation due to various

reasons. The programme aims at forming an integrated

townships in Mega Cities namely Chennai, Madurai and

Coimbatore to resettle slum families living in

objectionable locations. So far, Tamil Nadu Slum

Clearance Board has completed construction of 39,986

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houses at a cost of Rs.2,234.18 crore under this

Programme. The construction of balance 2,332

tenements in Chennai and Coimbatore at an estimated

cost of Rs.159.80 crore will be completed during

2016-2017.

iii) Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)

The Government of India have sanctioned

construction of 4,763 tenements in Chennai and other

towns at a cost of Rs.318.73 Crore under Rajiv Awas

Yojana (RAY). The works are under various stages of

progress and so far 3,474 tenements / houses have

been completed. The remaining 1,289 tenements /

houses will be completed during 2016-2017.

(B) State Sponsored Programmes

(i) Green houses for Economically Weaker

Sections (EWS) in Town Panchayats

The Hon’ble Chief Minister has announced

implementation of the programme of construction of

20,000 green houses at a cost of Rs.420.00 crore for

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the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) living in the

Town Panchayats of Tamil Nadu. As part of this

programme, the construction of 10,732 houses in Town

Panchayats are in progress. The Construction of 20,000

houses under this programme shall be completed by

the end of Financial Year 2016-2017. Part funding

under the programme has been obtained from Pradhan

Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and sanction has been

obtained from Housing and Urban Development

Corporation (HUDCO) to avail Loan for the remaining

amount by Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board.

(ii) Reconstruction Of Dilapidated Tenements

Some of the tenemental blocks constructed in

earlier years in Chennai and other towns have become

weak and dilapidated, posing danger to the lives and

properties of the inmates of the tenements, due to

vagaries of nature, wear and tear, efflux of time,

atmospheric effects, alterations to the tenements by the

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occupants and encroachments put up along the

tenemental blocks.

The Hon’ble Chief Minister had announced that

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board shall demolish and

reconstruct 3,500 dilapidated tenements in Chennai and

other Districts at a total cost of Rs.280.00 crore through

the Budgetary support of the state Government.

Accordingly, the reconstruction of 2,576 tenements has

been completed while work is under progress for the

remaining 957 tenements in Chennai and Tiruchirappalli

and will be completed during 2016-2017. The details of

the schemes, number of tenements proposed for

demolition and reconstruction and project outlay during

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2016-2017 for the balance tenements to be

reconstructed are furnished below:-

(Rs.in Crore)

Sl.

No

Name of the

Schemes

Number of

tenements

Project

Cost

Project

Outlay

1 Chennai -

Ayodhyakuppam 112 7.53 4.00

2 Tiruchirappalli -

Peechankulam 685 46.35 22.00

3 Tiruchirappalli -

Duraisamypuram 160 10.32 4.00

Total 957 64.20 30.00

Besides the above, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance

Board undertook reconstruction of 1024 tenements at a

cost of Rs.80.77 crore by generating revenue through

sale of tenements constructed under Chennai

Metropolitan Development Plan and other schemes to

rehabilitate Tsunami affected families. The works are

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under progress and will be completed by March, 2017.

Schemewise details are furnished as below:

(Rs.in crore)

Sl.

No Name of the Schemes

Number of

tenements

Project

Cost

Project

Outlay

1 Chennai - B.S. Moorthy

Nagar Phase - II 68 6.49 2.62

2 Chennai -

Seniamman Koil 464 44.39 33.69

3 Chennai -

Thiruchinankuppam 492 29.89 8.65

Total 1,024 80.77 44.96

(iii) Houses for the Families Affected by the

Tsunami Disaster

a) Reconstruction of houses affected due to

Tsunami in Chennai

As part of the programme to resettle Tsunami

affected families in Chennai under World Bank funded

Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project (ETRP) /

State Funds, the construction of 6,292 tenements have

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been completed at a cost of Rs.284.49 crore and 500

houses under Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package

(RGRP).

The Hon’ble Chief Minister had announced that

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) will

reconstruct 534 dilapidated tenements affected by

Tsunami at Nochikuppam in Chennai at a cost of

Rs.48.06 crore. Accordingly, construction of 536

tenements at a cost of Rs.48.06 crore in Nochikuppam

has been taken up under State funds and the work will

be completed before December, 2016.

b) Rehabilitation of Tsunami affected families

outside Chennai

It is proposed to provide houses having 325 sq.ft.

plinth area with development works for the tsunami

affected / vulnerable families in coastal Districts of

Tamil Nadu under Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme

(TRP). As part of this programme, it was proposed to

construct 611 houses at a cost of Rs.42.97 crore in

Cuddalore and Nagapattinam Districts for these families

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of which 219 houses have been completed during

2015-2016 and the remaining 392 houses will be

completed during 2016-2017.

(iv) Construction of New Tenements under State

Funds

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) has

formulated a tenemental scheme to construct 960

tenements at a cost of Rs.112.80 crore at Moorthingar

Street in North Chennai with Ground Floor + 7 Floor

pattern of development adopting prefab technology out

of State Government funds. The work of construction of

300 tenements have been completed during 2015-2016

and the remaining 660 tenements will be completed

during 2016-2017.

2.7 Nandanam - Office Complex

It was initially proposed to construct an office

complex abutting Anna Salai at Nandanam in Chennai

comprising of 2.75 lakhs sq.ft office space under Build,

Operate and Transfer (BOT) mode. Later, due to

complexities involved in executing the project under

BOT model, it has now been proposed to implement

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this project by Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board on its

own at a cost of Rs.240.00 crore through availing

institutional finance. The work under this programme

will commence in 2016-2017. Adequate income will be

earned through this project to meet the expenditure

towards maintenance of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance

Board tenements.

2.8 Repairs and Renewals Works to the

Tenements

The tenements constructed by Tamil Nadu Slum

Clearance Board (TNSCB) which are more than five

years old and do not require immediate reconstruction

will be upgraded by carrying out Repairs and Renewal

works like repair of floor, staircases, Mid landing,

Balconies, floor slabs, roof slabs, laying of pressed tiles,

repairs and renewals of water supply and sanitary lines,

water closets etc., and colour wash to improve the living

condition in the tenements.

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2.9 Resettlement of slum families living on the

banks of Adyar and Cooum rivers.

The torrential rains in December, 2015 devastated

the Chennai City and the slum families living in

hutments on the banks of water ways were severely

affected and lost their houses. These families were

living in hutments in unhygienic conditions without basic

facilities and subjected to annual flooding and frequent

fire accidents. In order to increase the flood carrying

capacity of the rivers in Chennai and to provide livable

houses to these slum families, the Hon’ble Chief

Minister of Tamil Nadu has ordered to provide 25,000

tenements immediately at Okkiyam Thoraipakkam,

Perumbakkam, AIR colony - Tiruvottiyur, Navalur in

Kancheepuram District and Goodapakkam in

Thiruvallur District. Accordingly, 4,134 families have

been resettled at Okkiyam Thoraipakkam and

Perumbakkam. The remaining families will be resettled

shortly. The following infrastructures / services have

been provided to the resettled families:-

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i) Tenements have been constructed with plinth area

upto 400 sq.ft with multipurpose hall, bed room,

kitchen, bath room, toilet, etc.

ii) Provision of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL)

and electric fans.

iii) Tenements are cleaned, white washed and colour

washed before occupation.

iv) The Resettlement schemes at Okkiyam

Thoraipakkam and Perumbakkam have been

implemented as planned integrated townships

near arterial roads like Old Mahabalipuram Road

(OMR) with requisite infrastructures like roads,

street lights, storm water drains, water supply,

Gensets, lifts for the tenements and social

infrastructures like schools, ration shops, primary

health centre, convenient shops, play grounds,

milk booth, bus terminus, gym, parks, police

station, etc.

v) Medical checkup camps were conducted and all

the resettlers have been provided food and water

for three days.

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vi) Cost towards individual Electricity service

connection to the tenement was borne by TNSCB.

vii) Beneficiary contribution towards construction of

tenements at the rate of 10% of the project cost

was borne by the Government.

viii) During resettlement, camps are organized with

line departments and addresses in the ration

cards are changed on the spot and ration

materials issued to them immediately at

rehabilitation site.

ix) The wards of the relocated families are admitted

on the spot to the schools within the resettlement

schemes without any documents. Integrated Child

Development Services (ICDS) centres are

provided for children.

x) The free bus passes are extended to the previous

schools if the children desire to continue their

education in their previous school.

xi) The following allowances are disbursed:-

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a. One time Shifting allowance of Rs.5,000/-

immediately on occupation.

b. Subsistence allowance of Rs.30,000/- at the rate

of Rs.2,500/- per month for one year to their

Bank accounts.

c. Employment oriented skill development training

and livelihood activities have been organized for

the resettled families to enable them to earn for

their livelihood in the new areas. Job melas are

also conducted regularly.

xii) The slum families living in hutments on the banks

of the Chennai City Rivers, subjected to annual

flooding, frequent fire accident, living in unhygienic

conditions etc., have voluntarily resettled

themselves in self contained tenements with all

requisite basic and social infrastructure in

integrated townships at Okkiyam Thoraipakkam

and Perumbakkam.

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2.10 Community Development Activities

i. Training is imparted in employable skills to the

urban slum youth for their socio-economic

development in Chennai and other Districts.

ii. During the year 2015-2016, employment oriented

training and youth development programmes were

carried out for 1,790 persons at a cost of Rs.35.00

lakh.

iii. During 2016-2017, employment oriented training

will be imparted to 4,200 families at a cost of

Rs.4.00 crore.

2.11 Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) for

2016-2017

Through the survey conducted by TNSCB in

2012-14, it was found that 45.41% of the total families

in urban slums in Tamil Nadu belong to Scheduled

Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Accordingly, it

is estimated that about 20,153 Scheduled Castes,

Scheduled Tribes and slum families will get benefited

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through tenements / houses proposed for construction

during 2016-2017 under various schemes.

2.12 Sale Deeds for Plots / Tenements

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board issues sale

deeds for the tenements and plots constructed /

developed by it to the families living in those tenements

/ plots. During 2011-16, sale deeds have been issued

for 14,638 tenements / plots. During 2016-2017, more

than 6,000 sale deeds will be issued to the families

living in the tenements / plots.